Roller-bearing.



Patented Dec. 18, 1917-.

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E.L.SHARPNECK,

ROLLER BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29. 1916.

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\ To all whom it mag concern ELIEL L. SHARPNECK, OF WINTHROP, MASSACHUSETTS ROLLER-BEARING.

Specification of Letters Patent, V Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

Application filed May 29, 1916. Serial No. 100,627.

Be it known that I, ELIEL L; SHARPNECK, of Winthrop,in the county of Suffolk and State of' Massachusetts, a' citizen 'of the United States, have invented new and useful- Improvements in Roller-Bearings, of which the following isa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof. 3

This invention has reference to improvements in roller bearings and the invention the cost of manufacture J viousrolling of the material so that there'- resides particularly in the cage or carrier for the rotating elements by means of which the rotatable anti friction elements, 'so

called, are spaced apart and are rotatably" sustained. One objectpf the invention is to reduce of the carriers for rotatable elements. I Another object of the invention is to provide aroller bearing of improved construc tion whereby advantage .is obtained frombearings having surfaces condensed -by pretatable elements are in contact only with saidsurfaces. 4, Other objects of the invention will from the following description.

The invention consists in the novelsheet metal carrier for the rotatable elements;

appear The invention also c'on'sistsin-such other novel features of construction and'combination of parts as shall hereinafter -be.-more fully described and pointedout in the claim. Figure 1, represents the improved bear ing in side view.

Fig. 2, represents an .end view of the same parts thereof being shown in section as on line 22 Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, represents aplan view of a piece of material adapted ultimately to constitute a member of the cage or carrier and illustrating a step in its manufacture,

I Fig. 4, represents a sectional view as taken on'line 4.t Fig. 3 after another step in the course of manufacture.

Fig. 5, represents a detail view to illustrate a step in the assembling of some of the parts. Fig. 6, represents a fragmentary sectional 'view as takenon line 66 Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout.

In carrying this invention into practical take a sheet or strip of sheet metal or ma.- terial of suitable width and length rolled or pressed in anyknown manner to a suitable thlckness and retaining at its surfaces the characteristics of density. resulting from such rolling or pressing. This sheet or strip of material is now supplied with a series of parallel'cuts or slits a, a which are spaced "apart at distances determined somewhat by the diameter of the rotatable elements to be usedin combination therewith and also by the proposed spacing apart of said rotatable elements. At the ends of the slits a, a I form the slitsb, b the general. extension of which is transverse to the slits a, a and the purpose ofwhich is to separatc'the material at the sides of and extending back from said slits a, a from the ends or webs 7, 7 of said material whereby said material may, at its edges defined by the slits a, a, be bent outward from thepriginal plane of the material to constitute lips 8,' 8 which, ulti mately, are shaped transversely to bear against a portion of; the periphery of the proposed bearin'gor rotatable elements.

, 'At some stage 'inzthe "course of manufacture a pair of the sheets .of material having the bent lips 8, 8 and spaces or pockets 9, 9

between said lips, as shown in Fig. 4, are brought toward each other and rotatable elements, rolls 10,10 are placed in the pock ets defined by the pairs of lips 8, 8 of the respective sheets of material so that said elements 10, 10 are. rotatably sustained between said pairs of lips. Said plates or strips ofmaterial are now-secured together at points between said lips 8, 8 as by the rivets 11, 11. When this improved bearing is intended to receive a shaft or other cylindrical de- 'vlce the plates or strips. constituting the; cage may be brought to the desired shape before they are assembled with the rotating elements. It is also evident that several of the plates may be secured, together with edges of certain of said plates in overlapping relation as shown in Fig. 2.

Preferably the webs 7 7 of the respective plates when brought.together, as above 'described, are secured between rings-12, 12 which are fastened together by rivets as shown in the drawings; The edges of said- ,webs 7 ,7 constituted by the cuts or slits b, b

' extend transverselyacross the ends of rolls 10, 10 and receive the thrust of these rolls.

It. is of course evident; that the lips '8, 8 may. be'sub ected to any ordinary treatment to harden the same after they are bent to the desired shape.-

Having thus described my invention 1 lips cutand bent therefrom in'substantially claim as new anddesire to secure by Lettersv opposite directions to provide bearing pock- 10 Patent ets extending longitudinally of said cage,

A bearing comprising-a r011 sustaining rolls journaled in saidpockets, said mem- 5 cageconstituted by a pair of annular sheet bers secured together on lines intermediate metal members secured together at their of said pockets by rivets.

ends'by inner and outer rings riveted to s 2 said members, said members having Series of ELIEL L. SHARPNECK. 

